Thanks for ALL

#336  Tuesday, Jan. 6/15, 9:55am, St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

O Come all yee Faithful. 

Does this mean that only those full of faith are the ones I invite to come to Me?

I may not have many if that is the case.  I invite all to Me, all the Father has given Me.

I walk with the tramp as much as I walk with the king.  Who needs Me more?   You may never know, but you don’t have to worry about that do you.

The tramp we may feel needs Me more because we see his poverty of humanity – no house, no money, not many friends  -- that is how we view the tramp and his needs.

So look at the king – what do you think he needs?  He may seem to have all that will enable him to live well in this world, but what about the next?

You see, it is the poverty of our souls that is My Main Concern.

What good does it do if you have everything, yet lose your soul?

We don’t want to look poor or be poor in other’s eyes.  Yet are you not afraid to look poor in your soul before Me?  Do you ever want to admit that you need Me more than money, clothing, hair-dos, the next trip?

So the faithful ones are those who seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, letting go of seeking to satisfy all else.

Now did I say it would be easy?  No.  But did I say it was worth the effort?  YES.

I do not want you stumbling around looking how to get closer to Me.  It is very simple.  Do I come first and foremost in your life each day?  And in many cases you will have to be honest because worry creeps in, your plans take over, your grumbling thoughts seek to be satisfied.

So just be aware of these and others which take you farther and farther from Me.

We only have to move an inch or 2 a day before you are a foot away from Me.  Without even realizing it.  And the way to realize it is to ask Me to prompt you when you are distracted and head down another path from Me.

Do you remember that the path is narrow?  Well how narrow?  Let’s say you and I are walking down a path that is 4 ft. wide.  See that in your mind.

Something shiny in the path a few inches to your left catches your eye and you divert ever so slightly to go and pick it up.

Now this is not sin, so please understand that.  But, do you bring it back to where we are walking and share it with Me?  Or do you remain walking along the same line looking for more shiny objects?

Then a flower at the edge of the path catches your eye and you go and check it out and smell it and admire the color and perhaps even pick it.  Do you return to walking with Me and sharing your joy with Me and thanking Me for this beautiful Creation, or do you stray further off the path looking for more things that will satisfy and stimulate your human senses? 

Yes!  I want you to admire and enjoy My Creation, yet I ask you each time to return to Me with thanks and praise for this latest gift I have given you . 

Note the 10 lepers and one returned to say thanks and praise. 

It is not so much the beauty of Creation that we delight in, but the Creator who Created these things to bring us to Joy and Love and Peace and Harmony.

So do not even wait for sin to take you away from Me.

Realize, become conscious that other limitations, harmless as they are in themselves, can take you away from Me. 

Always, constantly return to Me with thanks and praise.

Just a quick example.  You get distracted by the dust on the floor – you see no beauty in this, right?  Yet return to Me who created the dust!  Thank and praise Me and then thank and praise Me more because I have provided a solution to dust – a mop, or cleaning cloth, broom and dust pan.

So if you delight in My Creation – the beautiful flower – return to Me with thanks and praise.

Likewise even if you do not delight in the dust I have Created, return to Me with thanks and praise.

You will only grow closer and closer to Me, as you so want to do, if you thank and praise Me for more and more things in your life.

You can thank Me at the end of the day for all you have experienced that day, yet you can also throw in lots and lots of thank yous all during your day.

Well I see we have finished this book – onto the next.

I love to hear from My People.  Let them know that, and the best prayer they can make to Me is one of thanks and praise because it lifts them out of themselves into recognizing My Divine Presence constantly in their lives.